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The Midwest > South Dakota > Crime

SOUTH DAKOTA CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 7.1% [10th of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 8.3% [7th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 6.5% [27th of 0]
Aggravated assault 876 [48th of 51]
Arson deaths 9.62 [7th of 49]
Burglary 2,650 [49th of 51]
Capital offenses
First-degree murder with 1 of 10 aggravating circumstances.
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 0 [33rd of 38]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 0 [43rd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 2007 1 [8th of 10]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 1 [43rd of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 4 [31st of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 4 [29th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 7.9 [41st of 51]
Forcible rape 336 [45th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 31.3 [46th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 25 [4th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 43.8 [4th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 18 [44th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [40th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 1 [44th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 65 [18th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 4 [36th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 6 [38th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 76 [27th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 18 [44th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 0% [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 0% [49th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 21.4% [42nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 28.6% [12th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 14.3% [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 14.3% [3rd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 21.4% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 0% [40th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 0% [47th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0% [40th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 28.6% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 0% [47th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 28.6% [4th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 71.4% [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 0 % [49th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 100 % [1st of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 33.3 % [49th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 22.2 % [8th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 44.4 % [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 42.9% [2nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 28.6% [30th of 49]
Larceny-theft 9,296 [51st of 51]
Lynchings > Black 0 [41st of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 0 per 1 million people [38th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 27 [27th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 34.797 per 1 million people [11th of 44]
Lynchings > White 27 [20th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 34.797 per 1 million people [3rd of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 718 [50th of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 9 [49th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 3,095 [42nd of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 3.989 per 1,000 people [27th of 50]
Property crime total 12,664 [51st of 51]
Robbery 119 [48th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 42 [30th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 54.128 per 1 million people [23rd of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 6 [34th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 0.773 per 100,000 people [33rd of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 15 [42nd of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.193 per 10,000 people [20th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 2 [19th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 2.578 per 1 million people [1st of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 4 [20th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 5.155 per 1 million people [1st of 50]
Violent crime 1,340 [48th of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 292 [37th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 37.632 per 100,000 people [16th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.

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